Raul Sood created the Voodoo PC's and now heads up HP's Gaming. His blog has awesome messages to us.
http://www.rahulsood.com/
"This message goes out to all fans of Web OS. Stop worrying and speculating. When the deal closes I'm sure you'll hear about lots of great things from HP, until then just know this... We all absolutely love it, we love using Web OS. It's simply fantastic. Instead of worrying you should think about developing Apps on it as soon as possible. "
He also confirms he has already been working on WebOS projects and keeping them secret "No more covert BS".
He uses a Pre. He went swimming for an hour with his Pre in his pocket. When he realized it, he pulled the battery and put the phone in the oven! It worked!